Aristotle's Metaphysics Beta

Symposium Aristotelicum

Edited by Michel Crubellier and André Laks

A range of topics relevant to contemporary metaphysics as well as ancient philosophy

Aristotle's Metaphysics Beta

Symposium Aristotelicum

Edited by Michel Crubellier and André Laks

Description

Nine leading scholars of ancient philosophy from Europe, the UK, and North America offer a systematic study of Book Beta of Aristotle's Metaphysics. The work takes the form of a series of aporiai or "difficulties" which Aristotle presents as necessary points of engagement for those who wish to attain wisdom. The topics include causation, substance, constitution, properties, predicates, and generally the ontology of both the perishable and the imperishable world. Each contributor discusses one or two of these aporiai in sequence: the result is a discursive commentary on this seminal text of Western philosophy.

Aristotle's Metaphysics Beta

Symposium Aristotelicum

Edited by Michel Crubellier and André Laks

Author Information

Michel Crubellier is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Lille 3.

André Laks is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris-Sorbonne.

Contributors:

Enrico Berti, University of Padua Sarah Broadie, Saint Andrews University Walter Cavini, University of Bologna Michel Crubellier, University of Lille 3 Frans De Haas, University of Nijmegen André Laks, University of Paris-Sorbonne Stephen Menn, McGill University Ian Mueller, University of Chicago Christian Wildberg, Princeton University